| Author | Comment |
Krbmeister
Marine
Posted: 29 Nov 2004
19:49 GMT
Total Posts: 37 | Um.... has anyone thought about makin any games for an Ipod? i'm thinkin about gettin one since i'm about to get a car.... |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 29 Nov 2004
19:54 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | I'm sorry, but what does getting a car have anything to do with games for an ipod...
Oh, wait, yeah, you're thinking about getting iPod...well, you should get one for music, not games. |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 29 Nov 2004
23:39 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | i like music quiz, because it's like a game, but it also relates to all your music. I have like 2 gigs of flash memory for PDA's though, so that covers most of my music needs. |
JcCorp
Probe
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
13:05 GMT
Total Posts:
Edit | ipods play games? |
Krbmeister
Marine
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
14:52 GMT
Total Posts: 37 | it relates to getting a car cause i really don't want to have to lug my computer full of music around with me to listin to it.... i can just take the little ipod and plug it into a car to hear all the music.... er most atleat... that i want. anywho... i've seen some of the ipods just come with games.... i thought that maybe some of u might know somethin about it... maybe not lol, just thought i'd ask. |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
14:58 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | Yes, iPods have a few crappy games. They have breakout and something else (you'll look really frisky touching your iPod like mad trying to move that paddle...). Tho, solitaire isn't that bad at all but playing with tough dial is not very cnvenient. If you're looking at iPod mini then have a look at the latest mp3 player from Creative Labs instead. Its smaller, has more storage, cheaper and looks better (Zen Micro). I can't say whether or not iPod have a better sound since Apple was kind enough not to say the freq. responce of their player. Btw since I work as a computer tech now, we also deal with warranty repairs on other hardware and quite frankly iPods are the most common sight only other mp3 players that join them are some offbrand ones. That's kinda sad to see knowing the high prices on iPods. If you've got some extra cash, iRiver's new portable entertainment center is a really cool toy to have.
Btw, Sony's new HD network walkman seems like a good buy. It's very small for its 20GB and one of the few players with G-sensor which can retract HDD heads from the plates when it senses shock. Tho, Sony didn't post any tech specs so I can't tell how good the sound it. Also, Sony being itself have this little player very overpriced.
[Edited by zkostik on 01-Dec-04 00:03]
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JcCorp
Probe
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
15:18 GMT
Total Posts:
Edit | >(you'll look really frisky touching your iPod like mad trying to
>move that paddle...). lol I have funny mental pictures of that. |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
19:51 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | I also work at a computer tech store. And all I see coming in are mainly Rio players and raelly cheap flash ones. You also have to remember, around 80% (either of hard drive or all mp3 players) of the market is owned by Apple. Of course you'll see theirs a lot, but I have heard of a few ipod problems from friends. IMO, the portable entertainment centers are too big, on both the Linux and WinCE one.
If you want an mp3 player with features, definately look at what iRiver or maybe even Creative offers. But the iPod has a nice design, really convenient interface, and the scrolling wheel is far better than any other imitation touch design competitors have, like that cross on Zens.
I wouldn't go with the Sony HD-1, last I checked it only supports Atrac3, not mp3, so you have to convert all however many gigs of music you have. And 20 gigs for 500 dollars is far overpriced.
I doubt you would look frisky whil touching your ipod playing breakout, it's pretty sensitive, so you only need to use your thumb a bit. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
19:55 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | The new Sony players will support both mp3 and Altrac3 formats. Release date for them in the US is in like January 2005, I think. |
Krbmeister
Marine
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
20:00 GMT
Total Posts: 37 | Well u guys r talkin about all these products... do u think u could give me some links? i've been looking at the ipod from hp since i have a pc and have had past troubles with the apple ipod (long story). Here's the specs and all that jazz... |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
20:08 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | Well, I don't know how large your music library is, but I got a 20 gigger dell dj a year ago, and I now have ~5gb left, and I feel constrained. (I like having lots of redundant space)
Needless to say, I'll be selling it next spring and getting at least a 40+gb player, possibly an iPod, but more likely a creative one of some type. |
Krbmeister
Marine
Posted: 2 Dec 2004
19:42 GMT
Total Posts: 37 | Hell if i'm getting a dell....(whoa... i didn't even mean to make a rhyme...) like... my school is fill with tones of dells... y? because they're cheep! y? becuase they suck! i'm in a pool league where if u do well enought... u can win a dell computer.... dell computer's r cheep enough to donate to leagues like this... personally i see all sorts of mp3 players out there but it seems like the ipod is the most used, seems like it has the most space, and is most dependable. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 2 Dec 2004
20:02 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | >>seems like it has the most space
I beg to differ, Creative has a 60gigger, Here
Also, check out the posts by S and Z, they seem to say that the iPod is not as reliable as you think, and from what I've read, that seems to be the case in some situations.
Links for Creative and iRiver |
blahblah
Dragoon
Posted: 3 Dec 2004
10:24 GMT
Total Posts: 69 | i like candy! |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 3 Dec 2004
20:07 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | HP/Compaq are much worse than Dell if you look at reliability and such...
60gigger looks nice, but i don't even want to look at the price of that thing. besides, how many people do you know who actually have a 60gigs worth of music? if this thing was playing movies, i'd understand but just music? as with iriver media center, this thing is really small and flat (i was quite surprised). its about as flat as normal ipod, about as wide as height of a regular ipod and about 1.5 widths of ipod hight. if not the $500 cost of that toy, which it probably well worth, i'd get myself one. tho, i can't justify spending 500 bucks for a toy to just play movies and music. oops, this got a bit off topic.
again, ipod specs don't show any real technical info such as s/n ratio and that sort of stuff. creative's players have decent s/n but iriver beats them. i myself stick with iriver producst because they're top notch and prices are also fair.
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Krbmeister
Marine
Posted: 3 Dec 2004
22:01 GMT
Total Posts: 37 | yeah... 60 gigs is a bit much for me... 20 is all i need.... i've looked up on all the things u guys have said... i've had my eye on this hp ipod for a while but this iriver is lookin real nice to me... i like that it's made for pc's only and that it works with wmp rather than itunes.... i've got most my music converted to mp3 but still have a few in wma so it'll just be nice and an extra 4 hours of battery life isn't bad either.... but will it let me just like play everything on random shuffle? that's the only thing i don't see that i'd really want lol... that might be a stupid question but hey... ya never know... so yea.... i think that iriver looks like the thing for me =D, though i'd still like to hear from u guys.... i could still be missin somethin lol |
darksideprogramming
Guardian
Posted: 4 Dec 2004
13:47 GMT
Total Posts: 1005 | Here's my opinion...
DO NOT GET AN IPOD!
They're way too expensive compared to other models that are exactly the same.
For example, a 40GB iPod costs $500, while a Creative Nomad Jukebox with the same capacity costs just $300.
A 20GB Rio costs $300, while the Nomad is double the capacity for the same price. |
Krbmeister
Marine
Posted: 17 Dec 2004
20:16 GMT
Total Posts: 37 | hm.... don't mean to break an old tread back to life, but just wanted to say i ended up going with an iriver, it's pretty sweet, thanks for the advice. my computer since then has died. it's be having problems for a while. i managed to get most if not all my music on the iriver, and a few other files as well. my calc also managed to reinstall it self in the middle of class one day so i lost all my files on that too, and w/o my computer i can't restore it.... and since the comptuer itself is most likely gana need to be reformated, i'm prob not gana get my calc files back either.... but o well.... atleast christmas is only a couple days away! =P |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 18 Dec 2004
10:01 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | Good choice mate! The iRiver jukebox is very nice and has awesome sound quality as you can probably tell. You also get more features for a lower price than you'd with ipod. My mp3 player is my palm pilot :) which pretty much stays in my car all the time...
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spiral
Wraith
Posted: 21 Dec 2004
01:26 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | same here. Unless i'm using my pocket pc. Or sometimes I use cellphone/wireless headset just b/c it's cooler. |
